
José Isbert
José Isbert (real name: José Ysbert Alvarruiz), also known as Pepe Isbert (3 March 1886 in Madrid – 28 November 1966 in Madrid), was a Spanish actor. In 1912 he debuted in the short film Asesinato y entierro de Don José Canalejas (playing Pardiñas, the anarchist who killed José Canalejas). During the silent era he worked in theatre with supporting roles in cinema, but with the advent of sound, he made a big screen comeback in the comedy directed by Florián Rey, La pura verdad in (1931). In the 1930s he acted in half a dozen films including: ¿Cuándo te suicidas? (1931) directed by Manuel Romero, La bien pagada (1935) by Eusebio Fernández Ardavín orEl bailarín y el trabajador (1935), directed by Luis Marquina and based on a play by Jacinto Benavente. In the 1940s he gained great popularity in films such as Te quiero para mí (1944) and El testamento del virrey (1944), both directed by Ladislao Vajda; Ella, él y sus millones (1944) by Juan de Orduña; El fantasma y doña Juanita (1945) by Rafael Gil and Pacto de silencio (1949), by Antonio Román. The films he is most remembered for are from the 1950s and 1960s, in classics directed by Luis García Berlanga: Welcome Mr. Marshall! (1953), Los jueves, milagro(1957) and El verdugo (1963); and the dark comedy masterpiece El cochecito by Marco Ferreri, all written by Rafael Azcona. He was the grandfather in the Spanish classic La gran familia (1962), and its sequel La gran familia... y uno más (1965), these films earning him still greater popularity. Pepe Isbert died in Madrid due to a heart condition when he was 80 years old. He was buried at Tarazona de la Mancha cemetery in the province of Albacete.
101 acting credits
Acting · 101

The Executioner
1963

Welcome Mr. Marshall!
1953

The Wheelchair
1960

Condemned to Hang
1953

Spanish Western
2015

Songs for After a War
1976

Margarita se llama mi amor
1961

The Rocket from Calabuch
1956

Los ladrones somos gente honrada
1956

The Family and One More
1965

Uncle Hyacynth
1956

The Lovers of Toledo
1953

Love on Wheels
1954

The Miller's Saucy Wife
1955

The Big Family
1962

El fantasma y doña Juanita
1945

The Dancer and the Worker
1936

Cupido contrabandista
1962

Policarpo, ufficiale di scrittura
1959

Perro golfo
1963

Faustina
1957

Sabían demasiado
1962

The Gang of Eleven
1963

Afternoon at the Bulls
1956

Los dinamiteros
1964

El guardián del paraíso
1955

Airport
1953

El capitán Veneno
1950

You and I Are Three
1962

Radio Stories
1955

All Is Possible in Granada
1954

Life Ahead
1958

Nuits andalouses
1954

Path to the Kingdom
1952

Doña Francisquita
1952

La vida empieza a medianoche
1944

Assassination and burial of José Canalejas
1912

Operation Delilah
1967

The Adventurer of Seville
1954

The Man Who Wagged His Tail
1957

Don Lucio and Brother Pío
1960

Black Sky
1951

Love Charm
1947

Ella, él y sus millones
1944

Siempre vuelven de madrugada
1949

Miracles of Thursday
1957

Una cubana en España
1951

Un caballero andaluz
1954

Pacto de silencio
1949

Those Who Did Not Go to War
1962

Broken Lives
1935

Sucedió en mi aldea
1956

El Litri y su sombra
1960

Bombs for Peace
1959

Estrella de Sierra Morena
1952

The Seventh Page
1951

Último día
1952

Angels at the Wheel
1957

Spanish Round
1951

Congress in Seville
1955

Fulano y Mengano
1957

Como la tierra
1954

Un día perdido
1955

Una chica de opereta
1944

Orosia
1944

Cuentos de la Alhambra
1950

Manolo guardia urbano
1956

En un rincón de España
1949

Lo que cuesta vivir
1967

La familia Vila
1950

My Beloved Juan
1950

Un hombre de negocios
1945

Villa Alegre
1958

This is Madrid
1953

El señor Esteve
1948

Alma de Dios
1941

Tremolina
1957

Eleven Pairs of Boots
1954

La fiesta sigue
1948

Intriga en el escenario
1954

Near the city
1952

¡Che, qué loco!
1953

Despedida de soltero
1961

Vamos a contar mentiras
1962

Dos novias para un torero
1956

La chica del barrio
1956

Don José, Pepe y Pepito
1961
La mala ley
1924

Servicio en la mar
1950

Rapto en la ciudad
1956

Sin uniforme
1950

Me quiero casar contigo
1951

Días de feria
1960

Fin de curso
1943

Lola the Coalgirl
1952

Punto y banca
1961

La bien pagada
1935

Un americano en Toledo
1965

Un soltero difícil
1950

Vida sin risas
1960

Nubes de verano
1954